Police seek driver after accident that injured pedestrian

April 17, 2013

Updated Aug. 21, 2013 1:17 p.m.

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A Westminster crime scene investigator takes pictures of clothes left on the 14100 block of Springdale Street after a hit and run driver struck a pedestrian sending him to UCI Medical Center in super critical condition. KEVIN WARN, FOR THE REGISTER

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A woman comforts a man in the 14100 block of Springdale Street after a hit and run driver struck a pedestrian sending him to UCI Medical Center in super critical condition. KEVIN WARN, FOR THE REGISTER

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A hit and run driver struck a pedestrian in the 14100 block of Springdale Street around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday night in Westminster. The pedestrian was rushed to UCI Medical Center in super critical condition. KEVIN WARN, FOR THE REGISTER

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A Westminster crime scene investigator photographs damage on a Dodge pickup truck after a driver fled after striking a pedestrian in the 14100 block of Springdale Street around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday night in Westminster. KEVIN WARN, FOR THE REGISTER

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Westminster Police officers investigate after a hit and run driver struck a pedestrian in the 14100 block of Springdale Street around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday night in Westminster. The pedestrian was rushed to UCI Medical Center in super critical condition. KEVIN WARN, FOR THE REGISTER

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Clothes left on the 14100 block of Springdale Street after a hit and run driver struck a pedestrian sending him to UCI Medical Center in super critical condition. KEVIN WARN, FOR THE REGISTER

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A sandal left on the 14100 block of Springdale Street after a hit and run driver struck a pedestrian sending him to UCI Medical Center in super critical condition. KEVIN WARN, FOR THE REGISTER

A Westminster crime scene investigator takes pictures of clothes left on the 14100 block of Springdale Street after a hit and run driver struck a pedestrian sending him to UCI Medical Center in super critical condition. KEVIN WARN, FOR THE REGISTER

WESTMINSTER – Police seek a driver who fled the scene of a Wednesday night accident that left a pedestrian seriously injured, authorities said.

Police and fire crews about 8:30 p.m. responded to reports of a vehicle striking a pedestrian in the 14100 block of Springdale Street, Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Jon Muir said.

Callers told police that the pedestrian was not breathing and that they were performing CPR on him, Westminster police Sgt. Richard Mize said. Officers assisted with CPR until paramedics arrived.

The pedestrian, who authorities said was a 34-year-old man, was taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange in critical condition. He underwent surgery Wednesday night.

Investigators believe the pedestrian was walking eastbound across Springdale when he was struck by a black Dodge Ram pickup traveling south.

The pedestrian was not in a crosswalk, Mize said.

The driver of the Dodge fled on foot before officers arrived, leaving the truck and a passenger behind.

Officers interviewed the passenger but as of late Wednesday night had not located the driver.

Authorities described the man they believe to have been the driver as about 40, around 6-foot-2 and 170 pounds. They are not releasing his name until they confirm he was driving at the time of the accident.

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